daicharade1 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Hello everyone! This is Ali from Pakistan. My laptop overheats when gaming and I know the factory paste job on the CPU and GPU is horrible. I was looking for a good paste but seems there are conflicting opinions and results among the top brands being used. I read about Coolaboratory's Ultra liquid metal and its hazards , some suggest ICD 7 but then its abrasive, others are hard to remove etc. So its all a little confusing picking the best one. I had some AC MX-3 left over which I used for repasting the Ulrabay but it doesn't work as well as I thought. Due to nonavailability I have to decide between AS5, Ceramique 2, Alumina, MX-4 and CLU. I wanted to buy a paste that could be used on both the CPU and GPU and has a longer lifespan since I'm not comfortable changing the TIM every 5-6 months. I was leaning towards CLU because of its tremendous heat transfer, but some say it dries within 12-18 months and welds the heatsink to the die, plus its expensive. So kindly suggest among the pastes mentioned and your experiences with it. Lenovo Y510pi7 4700MQ755m SLI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlpaul Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I can highly recommend MX4 and AS5. I think MX4 has slightly better thermal transfer than AS5, and is non conductive. But I've also used AS5 for many builds and never had issues. I'm afraid of the diamond paste being too abrasive but I've never personally used it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daicharade1 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Used CLU and people it does work! MX4 and AS5 are things of the past(e) loll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooman219 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I've heard good things from gelid extreme around here, maybe want to take a look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeseppTarvo Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 But what is the best method to put the thermal paste on? I ask because it does not have HS(Heatsink) on the chips and it is not square but it is rectangle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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